Meetings: Amtrak Reform Council,

[Federal Register: August 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 152)]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Amtrak Reform Council; Meeting

AGENCY: Amtrak Reform Council.

ACTION: Notice of Business Meeting.

SUMMARY: As provided in section 203 of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, the Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) gives notice of a business meeting of the Council. At its business meeting the Council will consider its FY2001 Budget Request, a review of recent OIG and GAO financial reports on Amtrak, and a briefing on Amtrak's Mail and Express Business Plan. The meeting will also consider matters raised by individual Council members. Portions of the meeting may be held in closed Executive Session if the Council is considering issues involving Proprietary Information.

DATES: The Council's business meeting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 31, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will held in the Port of Seattle Commission Chambers, 2711 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121. Persons in need of special arrangements should contact the person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deirdre O'Sullivan, Amtrak Reform Council, Room 7105, JM-ARC, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590, or by telephone at (202) 366-0591; FAX: 202-493-2061.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The ARC was created by the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 (ARAA), as an independent commission, to evaluate Amtrak's performance and to make recommendations to Amtrak for achieving further cost containment, productivity improvements, and financial reforms. In addition, the ARAA requires that the ARC monitor cost savings resulting from work rules established under new agreements between Amtrak and its labor unions; that the ARC provide an annual report to Congress that includes an assessment of Amtrak's progress on the resolution of productivity issues; and that after two years the ARC has the authority to determine whether Amtrak can meet certain financial goals specified under the ARAA and, if not, to notify the President and the Congress.

The ARAA provides that the ARC consist of eleven members, including the Secretary of Transportation and ten others nominated by the President and Congressional leaders. Each member is to serve a five year term.

Issued in Washington, DC, August 2, 1999. Thomas A. Till, Executive Director.

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